Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., writing for the majority in the 6-to-3 decision, said that "custody" for these purposes "is a term of art that specifies circumstances that are thought generally to present a serious danger of coercion".
Less serious forms of coercion disrespect persons and express contempt for them.
Additionally, absent physical restraint, coercion requires "serious harm," defined as any harm that is "sufficiently serious... to compel a reasonable person of the same background and in the same circumstances" to continue to perform the required labor or sexual activity.
Breidenbach was convicted of rape in conjunction with serious robbery and sexual coercion, and sentenced to nine years in jail in 1991, The Local reports.
The U.S. military -- after no small amount of legal coercion and serious scowling -- has now officially outpaced the church, the GOP, social conservatives, Mormons, black preachers, Mitt Romney, Fox News and your Republican grandparents in nearly all matters of gender, female empowerment and fundamental sexual freedom.
As in other parts of the world, sexual coercion is a serious problem in Nepal.
The survey did not include Coahuila, where the Zetas' blend of co-option and coercion has become a serious embarrassment.
The majority Berlin verdict aimed to reform mainstream psychiatry, and denounced the profession's serious abuse of human rights, unaccountability and use of coercion.
The use of coercion in the treatment of persons with serious mental illness is a long debated strategy to gain adherence to treatment for persons believed to be cognitively impaired by their illness.
It said that without informed consent, "the subtle coercion inherent in 'fake' consent, would risk a serious backlash against organ donation.
